[PATCH v2 04/21] ARM: implement elf_apply_relocations() for ELF relocation support
Sascha Hauer
s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Tue Jan 6 04:53:07 PST 2026
Implement architecture-specific ELF relocation handlers for ARM32 and ARM64.
The implementation reuses the existing relocate_image().
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply at anthropic.com>
---
arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h | 7 +++++++
arch/arm/lib32/reloc.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/arm/lib64/reloc.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
index 0b4704a4a5615e648f67705ad9daf8dea9f41bab..630c85f2b421cba7e37ea7147c047be948ecdc7e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ typedef struct user_fp elf_fpregset_t;
#define R_ARM_THM_CALL 10
#define R_ARM_THM_JUMP24 30
+/* Additional relocation types for dynamic linking */
+#define R_ARM_RELATIVE 23
+
+#define R_AARCH64_NONE 0
+#define R_AARCH64_ABS64 257
+#define R_AARCH64_RELATIVE 1027
+
/*
* These are used to set parameters in the core dumps.
*/
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib32/reloc.c b/arch/arm/lib32/reloc.c
index 378ba95b2ffd455436e704a803f5448fc2c2b18c..19a10ce7e7e637b8dbf7f71db3d97dfc0b215139 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib32/reloc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib32/reloc.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#include <barebox.h>
#include <elf.h>
#include <debug_ll.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
#include <asm/reloc.h>
#define R_ARM_RELATIVE 23
@@ -54,3 +55,25 @@ void __prereloc relocate_image(unsigned long offset,
if (dynend)
__memset(dynsym, 0, (unsigned long)dynend - (unsigned long)dynsym);
}
+
+/*
+ * Apply ARM32 ELF relocations
+ */
+int elf_apply_relocations(struct elf_image *elf, const void *dyn_seg)
+{
+ Elf32_Rel *rel;
+ void *rel_ptr;
+ u64 relsz;
+ phys_addr_t base = (phys_addr_t)elf->reloc_offset;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = elf_parse_dynamic_section_rel(elf, dyn_seg, &rel_ptr, &relsz);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ rel = (Elf32_Rel *)rel_ptr;
+
+ relocate_image(base, rel, (void *)rel + relsz, NULL, NULL);
+
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib64/reloc.c b/arch/arm/lib64/reloc.c
index 2288f9e2e336887c5edfbf6b080f487394754113..50bd0b88fae0a59a6a86a84c1df0743ac158e06c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib64/reloc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib64/reloc.c
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
#include <elf.h>
#include <debug_ll.h>
#include <asm/reloc.h>
-
-#define R_AARCH64_RELATIVE 1027
+#include <linux/printk.h>
/*
* relocate binary to the currently running address
@@ -45,3 +44,25 @@ void __prereloc relocate_image(unsigned long offset,
dstart += sizeof(*rel);
}
}
+
+/*
+ * Apply ARM64 ELF relocations
+ */
+int elf_apply_relocations(struct elf_image *elf, const void *dyn_seg)
+{
+ Elf64_Rela *rela;
+ void *rel_ptr;
+ u64 relasz;
+ phys_addr_t base = (phys_addr_t)elf->reloc_offset;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = elf_parse_dynamic_section_rela(elf, dyn_seg, &rel_ptr, &relasz);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ rela = (Elf64_Rela *)rel_ptr;
+
+ relocate_image(base, rela, (void *)rela + relasz, NULL, NULL);
+
+ return 0;
+}
--
2.47.3
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